What are pip-tools and how do I use requirements files?

What are pip-tools and how do I use requirements files?

Pip-tools is a set of command line tools to help you keep your requirements files up to date and manageable. It allows you to specify your dependencies in a requirements.in file and generates a requirements.txt file with all the resolved dependencies.

How do I install pip-tools?

You can install pip-tools using pip. Just run pip install pip-tools in your terminal.

Can you show me an example of a requirements.in file?

Sure! A simple requirements.in file might look like this:

requests
flask

How do I generate the requirements.txt file from requirements.in?

You can generate the requirements.txt file by running the command pip-compile requirements.in in your terminal.